If a scriptkiddie got his grubby hands on a pair of these, he could kick every master ninja's ass with his "r0uc][1Ng-t1G3r.bas"! Jackie Chan, Master Splinter, Look Out!
Take a look at the security area. Before RSA style encryption (using public keys to encrypt and private keys to decryt information. Practically unbreakable!), one of the best ways of keeping your encryption method secure was to keep the source closed - so people couldn't see what technique you were using and come up with a way to beat it. If the source was opened up, at first people would cheat the living hell out of it, but then other gifted and inspired coders would come up with really secure code.
And, besides, what currently popular game would any company release their source for? It took years for the doom and quake source to come out, and the only ones playing quakeworld anymore are people who just refuse to let it go.
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If a scriptkiddie got his grubby hands on a pair of these, he could kick every master ninja's ass with his "r0uc][1Ng-t1G3r.bas"!
Jackie Chan, Master Splinter, Look Out!
Take a look at the security area. Before RSA style encryption (using public keys to encrypt and private keys to decryt information. Practically unbreakable!), one of the best ways of keeping your encryption method secure was to keep the source closed - so people couldn't see what technique you were using and come up with a way to beat it. If the source was opened up, at first people would cheat the living hell out of it, but then other gifted and inspired coders would come up with really secure code.
And, besides, what currently popular game would any company release their source for? It took years for the doom and quake source to come out, and the only ones playing quakeworld anymore are people who just refuse to let it go.
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